Wadsley, Sheffield

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Wadsley is a suburban area in Sheffield, Sheffield

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wadsley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wadsley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wadsley, eccl. dist. and ry. sta. (Wadsley Bridge), Ecclesfield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Don, Smiles NW. of Sheffield, pop. 7248; P.O., and P.O. at sta., called Wadsley Bridge; has steel rolling, and mfrs. of knives, files, and combs. The South Yorkshire County Lunatic Asylum is close to the station.

Wadsley in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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